From architecture and interiors to art and engineering, Tempus has teamed up with a board of leading experts to unveil the eight innovators set to shake up the design world in Britain in 2018. Each day, Tempus Online puts the spotlight of one of these great eight pioneers to celebrate the launch of our new print issue.

Daniel Kearns

Daniel Kearns is one of the most important figures in men’s fashion at the moment. After cutting his teeth working for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana, Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent, the Irish menswear designer has taken up the role of creative director of Kent & Curwen – an up-and-coming menswear label whose chief investor is David Beckham.

When it comes to high-end fashion, everything the 43-year-old designer touches turns to gold, but the road from being a normal kid in Dublin to one of the most influential people in the fashion industry was hard work. From a young age, there was no doubting Kearns’s talents. In 1998, while in college, he won a Dolce & Gabbana project in his school, which resulted in him being able to work for one of the most respected and well-known brands within fashion at the age of 23.

Since then, Kearns’ contribution to the fashion industry has not gone unnoticed, and his creations have been on display in windows of leading high-end fashion boutiques for the last 13 years. Maybe the most recognised work he has done was for Louis Vuitton, when he created the ‘made for travel’ collection, and the ‘trophy sea collection’. Now, David has returned to London, following several years in the fashion capital of Paris, and is ready to take the fashion world by storm.